Diabetics panic as Male’s insulin supply dries up
18 Dec 2011, 7:16 PM
Hawwa Lubna
Diabetic patients taking regular ‘Human Mixtard’ insulin injections have been on a panicked hunt around the pharmacies for almost a week, due to the sudden shortage in supply, Minivan News has learned.
Human Mixtard is the most commonly prescribed insulin to diabetic patients, which number approximately 16,000 nation-wide.
Dr Ahmed Razee, an internist with special interest in diabetes and kidney diseases, told Minivan News that many patients are complaining that they have been unable to get the insulin from pharmacies.
“I’m prescribing insulin for roughly 20 patients. I’m just one physician. There are an estimated 16,000 diabetics, and about two percent of them require insulin,” he said.
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